{"id":7106,"date":"2011-09-12T16:06:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=7106"},"modified":"2011-09-12T16:07:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:07:28","slug":"japan-marks-six-month-anniversary-of-earthquake-tsunami-nuclear-plant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/09\/japan-marks-six-month-anniversary-of-earthquake-tsunami-nuclear-plant-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Buddhists, Christians mark six-month anniversary of earthquake, tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the United States was observing the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Japan on Sunday was marking the six-month anniversary of the March earthquake and tsunami that devasted a large portion of the island nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese observed the anniversary\u00a0with prayer services, bell ringing and chanting at 2:46 p.m., the time when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off\u00a0Japan&#8217;s eastern\u00a0coast.<\/p>\n<p>About 20,000 people\u00a0were killed\u00a0or remain missing, with an estimate 400,000 people displaced, according to the Japanese Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ecumenical News International:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In devastated northeastern Japan, monks held a Buddhist memorial service at Kongo temple in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. In the town of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, worshippers at Dai-ichi Bible Baptist Church stood on a wooden platform near a simple wooden cross and joined hands at the site of their former building, swept away in the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>At the ruined disaster control center of the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, survivors, including a Buddhist monk, prayed and burned incense at a temporary shrine set up inside, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>In Tokyo, the Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference of Japan and the National Christian Council in Japan held a joint worship service &#8220;to keep in mind the 11 March disaster, remember the dead, and seek comfort for the survivors and the restoration of the affected areas,&#8221; according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eni.ch\/featured\/article.php?id=5139\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the United States was observing the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Japan on Sunday was marking the six-month anniversary of the March earthquake and tsunami that devasted a large portion of the island nation. 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